Whilst I was waiting for the car to be servced the other week I popped over the road into Coventry's main cemetery and photographed as many of the CWGC headstones as I could. Can't guarantee I got them all though. Askew W R, RAF Bailey S F, Royal Warks Beck A J, Royal Warks Booth A, RN Bryant A V, RASC Carpenter A G, RAF Chapman W J, RASC Connolly M, Gloustershire Reg Crabb J A, AAC Cullen C J, Royal Warks Cunningham R L, RAF Davies E, RAF Dickens J W, RAC Dipper G E, Royal Warks Dunigan S, Royal Warks Field D A, RAF Flowers B J, RASC Gibson J, Pioneer Corps Graeff J, RA Gray E, RA Griffin C, RAMC Hall E, RAF Hancox T, RN Harrison G M, RAF Hill J R, Kings Own Hurst A, Royal Warks James L A, RN Jones A, Royal Warks Kedge J H, RA Lapworth H, Royal Berks Lunn E, Royal Warks Mc Inerney J, Royal Warks Memorial to Coventry Blitz victims 2 Memorial to Coventry Blitz victims Montgomery W O, South Staffs Moore G R, RA Morgan Nelly Francis, ATS Mowe D, RME New A E, RAF Oakley H W, RE Oldfield L, Royal Warks Pawsey W P, General List Pitt A W, RASC Powell S W, RN Sly J, Devons Smith A E, RN Smith D, RAF Stote E A, RE Tayton V H, RAF Thursby A, RAF Toal H, RA Wells J, RASC Wild S M, RN Willis G, RA Wormleighton C G, Glider Pilot Reg, AAC Worral S, RAF (Hopefully will post them in same order)
There is also this group who were a bomb disposal squad killed together, 18th Oct 1940 They are: Campbell A F, RE Gibson W, RE Gilchrest R, RE Plumb J, RE Skelton R W, RE Taylor E F, RASC Gibson M, RE
Toolbooth, Curious set of photos of a bomb disposal team. I had to check were they killed when the 'blitz' hit Coventry city centre; that was a month later on the 14th November 1940.
The RE chaps Full story in the link below Bomb Disposal Memorial, Whitley. On the 18th of October 1940, seven men of 9 Bomb Disposal Company, Royal Engineer’s, died at Whitely Common. They were not the first nor will they be the last to sacrifice their lives whilst clearing unexploded ordnance. The section tasked to clear the bomb at, Chapel Street, Coventry, was commanded by 2nd Lieutenant Alexander Fraser Campbell The bomb took four days to be uncovered commencing on the 14th October 1940. When it was inspected both fuzes were found to be badly damaged and due to their condition it was not possible to remove them. An electrical discharger was placed on the bomb as a precaution in case the electrical charge had not been dissipated. On the 18th October 1940 the bomb was loaded onto a lorry and taken to Whitley Common, an open area, to be defuzed. As it was being defuzed it exploded killing all seven men. http://media.freeola.com/other/5429/133dec2008.pdf